Label holder and method of making the same



Dec. 19,1933.

H. L. BATEK 1,940,442

LABEL HOLDER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed March 26, 1931/T7YEZ7/EF 2 6727 5Q??? 4%,

Patented Dec. 19, 1933 UNITED STATES LABEL HOLDER AND THE METHOD or SAME7 Henry L. Batek, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Wilson- Jones Company,Chicago, 111., a corporation of Massachusetts Application March 26,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a label holder for books and concerns itselfprimarily with a method of forming the label holder in the coveringmaterial of the book and in such a covering material having anintegrally formed label holder.

The invention comprises the novel structure and combination of partshereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined inthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred form of thisinvention and in which similar reference numerals refer to similarfeatures in the different views:

Figure 1 is a rear elevational view of a book having a label holderinvolving this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken upon the line II-II ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken upon the line III-III ofFigure 1.

According to this invention, the book covering material which mayconsist of leather, imitation leather, fabric or canvas or any similarsubstance that may be used for book bindings is stiffened embosseedoutwardly, and after this embossing process has been completed, a windowis cut in the embossed portion leaving, however, an offset portion forreceiving the label thereunder. The covering material is then slit atone end of the embossed portion for the insertion of the label. In theevent that material is used which is likely to unravel, such embossedportion may be sprayed with nitrocellulose or some similar agent forpreventing the unraveling of the edges of the window. A protective stripof suitable material is then pasted over the interior of the coveringmaterial to cover the window of the label holder in order that, when thecovering material is applied to the book cover, and glued thereto, itwill be impossible for the glue to pass through the window or the labelholder or glue the edges thereof to the cover in such a way that thelabel cannot be inserted.

Referring now to the drawing, it will be noted that the label holder hasbeen made'in the rear structure of the book, that is, in the binding onthe back portion of the book. It will, however, be understood that thislabel holder may be made upon the sides of the book or in any suitableplace in the binding. The book illustrated in the drawing to which thisinven- 1931. Serial No. 525,430

tion is applied has a rear back plate '2 which forms a portion of therear structure 1 of the book. A piece of kraft paper or other suitablefibrous material 4 is pasted to the book covering material '7 in orderto stiffen the same for embossing or pressing outwardly the labelholder. After the covering, material is embossed, however, a window iscut in the embossed portion, leaving outwardly offset flanges orportions 6 upon the fibrous material 4 and the book covering material 7around the border as is clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3, in order toprovide a space or guideway for receiving the label. Before the coveringmaterial 7 is attached to the cover with the label holder properlyformed therein, a protective piece of paper or any other suitablematerial 3 is pasted over the interior of v the fibrous member 4 forclosing the window of the label holder before the covering material isattached or glued to the cover of the book in order to prevent the gluefrom oozing through the label holder or gluing the same to the coveringmaterial 7 so that the label cannot be inserted therein. vThe coveringmaterial 7 and stiffening member 4 are slotted at one end of the labelholder as indicated at 9 for allowing a label 10 to be inserted into thelabel holder.

From the foregoing, it will be evident that a novel method has beendesigned for forming a label holder integrally in the binding of the,book irrespective of whether such binding is leather or imitationleather or canvas or fabric or any other suitable binding. It will befurther appreciated that according to the method employed, the labelholder may be placed at any convenient location in the binding materialwhich may be either at the back or the sides of the book. According tothis invention, no separate label holder is required to be incorporatedinto the book; the label holder being formed in the covering materialand when the same is applied to the book it will be ready to receive thelabel.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details ofconstruction may be varied through a wide range without departing fromthe principles of this invention, and I, therefore, do not purposelimiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than is necessitated by theappended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a loose leaf binder, a flexible covering material covering theexterior of the binder, a stiffening member secured to said coveringmaterial, said covering material and stiffening 3. A book structureincluding a covering me;--

terial having a stifiening member, said covering material and stiffeningmember being pressed outwardly at a predetermined location to provide alabel holder, said outwardly pressed portion having a window, saidcovering material and stiffening memberforming an offset flangesurrounding said window for receiving a label thereunder, said coveringmaterial having a slot adjacent said outwardly pressed portion for receiving a label.

, HENRY L. BATEK.

